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The odds-on favourite for a papacy prophecy double: Francis Arinze (Nigeria) will choose the name Benedict. For a long shot, try Cardinal Polycarp Pengo will choose the name D’Wayne, oh not on the list. Damian, then, at 100-1.
Hold on! Haven’t any of the Cardinals seen The Omen??!
Of course, as Paddy Power points out,
According to prophecies, we are in the days of the end of the Papacy and the Catholic Church.
In which case, all bets will be declared null and void, they should add.
While the Cardinals discuss the role of the Church in a material world with its “dictatorship of relativism” (Ratzinger), you can pass the time with this:
April 19th, 2005 at 10:55 am
well, I haven’t a clue, but if there’s a popeful (arf arf) out there that you DOn’T want to win to win, tell me, I’ll bet on him, cos I have never won a bet or lottery in my life… it’d be a sure thing.
April 19th, 2005 at 11:01 am
popeful … popeful … oh … *groan*
I still hanker after Polycarp Pengo, but have to confess to a certain weakness for Telesphore Placidus Toppo, but only if he gets to keep his name.
Pope Toppo. I LIKE it!
April 19th, 2005 at 11:17 am
If you ask me it’s all a load of papal bull…
April 19th, 2005 at 11:32 am
*double groan*
April 20th, 2005 at 5:49 am
*triple groan* .. double was taken!